jealousy in her gut. She told herself she didn’t want to be with him and she didn’t care who he flirted with but when the woman let out a giggle and fluttered her eyelashes, she had to fight not to claw at her.
“It was so great to meet you and I hope you have a wonderful time at your mother’s,” he said with a flirtatious smile. The woman actually blushed before she finally turned around to leave. Trinity stood there, open-mouthed as he turned around.
“I used to work at a local hardware store when I was a teenager and luckily your register was similar so I took care of the sale,” he said to her as he handed her the receipt. She looked down and noticed he’d way overcharged the woman. “I wasn’t sure how much you were selling the bouquet for so I took a guess from some I’ve purchased before. I hope it was correct,” he finished.
“No, you actually sold it for twice the amount I would’ve normally sold it for,” she said. She was shocked the woman paid so much. Trinity was thinking she needed to hire an attractive guy to work in her shop. Maybe then her sales would go way up.
“Seriously? You’re charging far too low for your arrangements, then,” he told her.
“I don’t need your business advice, Drew,” she snapped. She knew he was most likely right but she was worried she’d lose business if she charged too much and she’d rather have a lot of customers, who were paying less than take the risk. It meant she had to work more hours and far harder but it was working out.
“So I hope you have come to your senses by now. I can arrange a wedding within a couple of days,” he said in a conversational tone. She couldn’t believe he was so overconfident he felt he could criticize her and talk about marrying her in the same sentence. He really needed someone to come along and knock him off of his pedestal. She was more than willing to be the one to do it.
“Okay, I’m going to tell you this for the last time and I hope you’ll hear it this time. I’m not going to marry you. What happened on the island was a mistake and should’ve never taken place. I’m not going to repeat that mistake by becoming your wife. After the baby is born, we’ll talk about visitation but right now she’s in my stomach so you can go ahead and leave for the next four months,” she said and walked towards her front doors.
She pulled the door open and looked at him expectantly. He looked at her with narrowed eyes, trying to decide what to do. He was really considering that shot gun wedding idea. It was becoming more and more appealing.
He finally walked over to the door and pressed his body up close to hers. He was happy when she didn’t back down but glared up at him instead. Her passion turned him on. He smiled down at her and kissed her before she knew what was happening. It was a short kiss, to show her he was far from giving up.
“I have some errands to run today but I’ll be back,” he told her with promise. She stood there and watched him walk down the street. She had a mixture of relief and sadness, watching him walk away. She was determined to protect herself but the man was so confident and had so much sex appeal it was hard for her to remember who she even was when he was around.
She closed the door and went back to work on some bouquets. She had a wedding coming up and it was a lot of work getting all the arrangements ready. At least it wasn’t prom season, she thought with relief. The money was always good but her hands were done for by the end.
Drew walked down the street and climbed into his car. His forceful approach was obviously not working, so he was going to have to try something new. His father had always liked to say you caught more flies with honey than vinegar, so maybe he needed to change his methods of trying to catch her. Of course, he really didn’t understand that saying, since he didn’t know why anyone would want to catch flies. He drove to his hotel and forged a new